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Grover Cleveland was the president before Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
President Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States. His great grandfather, also named Benjamin Harrison, signed the Declaration of Independence. Another interesting fact is that President William Henry Harrison, the 8th president, was the son of Benjamin Harrison, the signer of the Declaration and grandfather of President Benjamin Harrison. William Henry Harrison served for only 32 days before dying of pneumonia, which he contracted during his inauguration speech.
He was never president.
Martin Van Buren preceded William Henry Harrison; Grover Cleveland both preceded and succeeded Benjamin Harrison.
Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the US and his Vice President was Levi Morton.Grover Cleveland, who was President before Harrison, beat him in 1888 to become President again. Cleveland's Vice President for his second term was Adlai Stevenson (grandfather of the later Democratic candidate and UN Ambassador).
Franklin Pierce was the son of Benjamin Pierce, two-term governor of New Hampshire. (William Henry Harrison's father , Benjamin, was governor or Virginia before it became a state. )
Both President Harrison's served once as President of the United States. William Henry Harrison served 31 days as president before passing away. Benjamin Harrison served 1 full term as president.
The U. S. President immediately before Grover Cleveland's first term was Chester A. Arthur (September, 1881 - March, 1885). The President immediately before Cleveland's second term (and immediately after his first) was Benjamin Harrison (March, 1889 - March, 1893).Chester A. Arthur preceded Cleveland's first term, and Benjamin Harrison preceded Cleveland's second term.
(Stephen) Grover Cleavland. As an incumbant president, he lost the 1888 election to Benjamin Harrison, but defeated Harrison in the 1892 election.
Benjamin Harrison, father of President William Henry Harrison was governor of Virginia during the Revolutionary War, from 1781 to 1784 before it became a state. John Tyler, Sr. was governor of the state of Virginia from 1808-1811 and was the father of President John Tyler,
McKinley was the 5th president born in Ohio. Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Benjamin Harrison were all born in Ohio and served as president before him. However, one can argue that McKinley was the fourth president whose political base was Ohio, since Grant and Benjamin Harrison moved out of Ohio before they sought political office and William Henry Harrison moved into Ohio to begin his political career.